La Crosse mail carrier sentenced for stealing mail

WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//February 17, 2026//

WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//February 17, 2026//

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IN BRIEF

La Crosse mail carrier sentenced to one year of probation.
Defendant opened mail and stole $350 and gift cards.
Court ordered restitution and a $500 fine.

A La Crosse mail carrier was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine for opening and destroying mail.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita M. Boor also sentenced Ashley Straub, 25, of Onalaska to pay restitution to the known victims.

Straub worked as a mail carrier at the La Crosse Post Office. In February 2025, Straub opened numerous items of mail and stole $350 in cash and several gift cards.

At the sentencing, Boor noted that theft by mail carriers erodes trust in the U.S. Postal Service. In selecting a sentence, Boor balanced Straub’s harm to the community with her lack of criminal history.

The charge against Straub was the result of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General and the La Crosse Police Department.

Tags: postal worker crime, mail theft, federal charges, government investigations, fraud and theft offenses, mail carrier theft, Onalaska, criminal law, Wisconsin crime, U.S. Postal Service

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